By this invention, nucleic acid sequences encoding for fatty acyl-CoA:fatty alcohol acyltransferase (wax synthase) are provided, wherein said wax synthase is active in the formation of a wax ester from fatty alcohol and fatty acyl-CoA substrates. Of special interest is are nucleic acid sequences obtainable from a jojoba embryo wax synthase having an apparent molecular mass of approximately 33 kD. Also considered are amino acid and nucleic acid sequences obtainable from wax synthase proteins and the use of such sequences to provide transgenic host cells capable of producing wax esters.
本发明提供了编码脂肪酰基-CoA:
脂肪醇酰基转移酶(蜡合成酶)的核酸序列,其中所述蜡合成酶在由
脂肪醇和脂肪酰基-CoA 底物形成蜡酯方面具有活性。特别值得关注的是从荷荷巴胚胎蜡合成酶中获得的核酸序列,其表观分子质量约为 33 kD。此外,还考虑了可从蜡合成酶蛋白中获得的
氨基酸和核酸序列,以及利用这些序列提供能够生产蜡酯的转
基因宿主细胞。